Imperialism and Orientalism: A Documentary Sourcebook: The Primary Sources - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557867119 ISBN 13: 9781557867117

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

Imperialism and Orientalism assembles an unprecedented collection of archival and documentary materials that maps the ideological and political grounds for late eighteenth– and nineteenth–century British and European colonialism in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East.

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Review:

"For too long the pronouncements of major historical figures in the colonial project have existed in scattered forms. This Reader will remedy this serious intellectual lack, especially if one considers how many courses Said′s seminal work anchors." Grant Farred, Princeton University

"This strikes me as a wonderful idea; the sort of ambitious but absolutely central idea that makes you scratch your head over why it hasn′t already been done." Bruce Robbins, Rutgers University

"Said′s theory, while provocative and productive, has always lacked empirical backing and there has been nothing of which I know that has attempted comprehensively to document the phenomenon Said delineates" Glenn Bowman, University of Kent

From the Publisher:

Blackwell Publishers
This unprecedented collection of archival and documentary materials maps the ideological and political grounds for 19th-century European colonialism in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. It includes treaties, company charters, traveler's reports, parliamentary debates, literary exempla, and personality profiles. The reader is complemented with maps, chronologies, bibliographies, and filmographies. Introductions to readings complete IMPERIALISM AND ORIENTALISM as an essential resource. Since the publication of Edward Said's 'Orientalism' in 1979, the controversial issues of orientalism and the practices of orientalists have figured critically in the progression of literary and cultural studies. While this "archive" is neither exhaustive nor definitive, it is an essential source for colonial and postcolonial studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1557867119
• ISBN 13: 9781557867117
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Harlow Barbara, Carter Mia